As hunters we all know that the coyotes are killing the fawns in the spring, then there aren't any deer in the fall. After enough seasons of this the population is nearly non-existent. I won't even get into the road kill estimates, poaching and depredation permits. I haven't shot a doe in my section since '09 and continue to see the population decline.
I have a neighbor to the east of me that had a trail camera by a coyote den. (I heard about this after the fact.) The photos show 7 fawns being brought in to feed the pups. Nutz!
Now, I'm talking with coyote hunting buddies from S.W. Ohio that are telling me their trail cameras are showing more and more bobcats....and haven't seen any turkeys in over 2 years. 20 years ago, I used to travel to southeastern Ohio to hunt turkeys, because there weren't any around here, in northwestern Ohio.
Deer and Turkey with the highest tag costs, are the "cash crop" of the DNR. How are they going to explain this natural resource loss? Look how long it took to get a decent population in the northern counties to allow hunting....and for what? To watch it get literally eaten alive?
These two predators are like roaches and will never be controlled. Allowing them to live within our borders is pure insanity.
There are game animals that us hunters don't get to hunt/eat any more, because the coyotes and bobcats are eating them. It takes a lot of meat to feed a 40# coyote and a 25# bobcat.
Your thoughts?
Thank you, Bowhunter57
I have a neighbor to the east of me that had a trail camera by a coyote den. (I heard about this after the fact.) The photos show 7 fawns being brought in to feed the pups. Nutz!
Now, I'm talking with coyote hunting buddies from S.W. Ohio that are telling me their trail cameras are showing more and more bobcats....and haven't seen any turkeys in over 2 years. 20 years ago, I used to travel to southeastern Ohio to hunt turkeys, because there weren't any around here, in northwestern Ohio.
Deer and Turkey with the highest tag costs, are the "cash crop" of the DNR. How are they going to explain this natural resource loss? Look how long it took to get a decent population in the northern counties to allow hunting....and for what? To watch it get literally eaten alive?
These two predators are like roaches and will never be controlled. Allowing them to live within our borders is pure insanity.
There are game animals that us hunters don't get to hunt/eat any more, because the coyotes and bobcats are eating them. It takes a lot of meat to feed a 40# coyote and a 25# bobcat.
Your thoughts?
Thank you, Bowhunter57